This was Fashion`s Night Out Berlin 2013

Anja Rubik (wearing Valentino) at Louis Vuitton   Emmanuel de Bayser, Christiane Arp & Josef-Voelk   Hermès event   Julia Malik in a Rena Lange Fashion`s Night Out 2013-exclusive dress   KaDeWe hosted a big fashion party  Anja`s husband Sasha Knezevic, Dorothee Schumacher & Anja checking out Poppies   Susanne Bormann in a Rena Lange Fashion`s Night Out 2013-exclusive dress   Vogue promoters in FNO shopping-bag dresses
Photo credit: Julia Malysch für VOGUE

So many stunning dresses on one evening - which one is your favourite?

Anja Rubik in Eddie Borgo Jewelery S/S 13 Ad Campaign

Photographer: Paul Maffi. Pictures © Eddie Borgo

I SUPERLOVE this breath-taking campaign! The luxury of gold shining on mysterious black and flawless beauty. It`s almost as if the light was highlighting the darkness and the hidden - stunning!

How do you like it?

Who Wore It Best: Roberto Cavalli`s Floral Blue Suit

Pre-Collection S/S 13


Left: Nina Garcia, right: Anja Rubik
Pictures courtesy of Roberto Cavalli.

Who wore the suit better?

The ultimate Cannes Film Festival 2012 Gowns & Dresses Wrap-up

Top 10 Gowns

1. Natasha Poly in Roberto Cavalli Cruise 2013


2. Anja Rubik in Roberto Cavalli


3. Fan Bingbing in Elie Saab Haute Couture S/S 12 and Salvatore Ferragamo clutch


4. Liu Wen in Roberto Cavalli S/S 12


5. Alexandra Maria Lara in Elie Saab and Salvatore Ferragamo shoes


6. Natasha Poly in Gucci and white diamond & emerald earrings by de Grisogono


7. Karolina Kurkova in Roberto Cavalli S/S 12


8. Freida Pinto in Atelier Versace, shoes and clutch by Salvatore Ferragamo


9. Kassie in Roberto Cavalli


10. Irina Shayk in Roberto Cavalli, shoes and clutch by Salvatore Ferragamo

Photo credits / Copyright
1 & 2: Roberto Cavalli, 3: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images, 4: Venturelli/WireImage, 5: Elie Saab, 6: de Grisogono, 7: Roberto Cavalli, 8 & 9: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images, 10: Villard/Niviere/Sipa / Rex Features (1718426f)

Colour Overview

White

1 & 2: Josephine De La Baume & Ashley Smith in Roberto Cavalli, 3: Marta Gastini in Alberta Ferretti and Salvatore Ferragamo clutch

Blue

4: Nina Dobrev in Elie Saab S/S 12 and Salvatore Ferragamo clutch, 5: Liu Wen in Roberto Cavalli, 6: Kylie Minogue in Roberto Cavalli

Black

7: Marie Gillain in Elie Saab F/W 11/12, 8: Virginie Ledoyen in Elie Saab, 9: Anna Falchi in Roberto Cavalli

Black Sparkle

10 - 12: Kylie Minogue, Berenice Marlohe and Karolina Kurkova in Roberto Cavalli

Red

13: Petra Nemcova with a Salvatore Ferragamo clutch, 14 & 15: Irina Shayk & Natasha Poly in Roberto Cavalli

Best Party Looks / Cocktail Dresses

16: Magdalena Frackowiak in Roberto Cavalli, 17: Goya Toledo in Elie Saab S/S 12, 18: Eva Herzigova with a Salvatore Ferragamo clutch
Photo credits / Copyright
1 & 2: Roberto Cavalli, 3: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images, 4: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images, 5 & 6: Roberto Cavalli, 7: Elie Saab, 8: Venturelli/WireImage, 9: Roberto Cavalli, 10: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images, 11: Roberto Cavalli, 12: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/WireImage for Electrolux, 13: Getty Images/Venturelli/WireImage, 14: Villard/Niviere/Sipa / Rex Features (1718426f), 15 & 16: Roberto Cavalli, 17: Venturelli/WireImage, 18: Elie Saab

Which dresses are your favourites? Who looked best?

Burberry Celebrates the Opening of the New Flagship Store in Paris

Burberry Store - Rue de Faubourg Saint-Honoré

Christopher Bailey hosted an event to celebrate the opening of the new Burberry flagship store in Paris on december 1st.


Inside the new flagship store

The 10,000 square foot Burberry store on rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, which opened this week, is the brand’s largest and most technologically advanced store in France.


Christopher Bailey and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

The evening event held at the British Embassy was attended by over 500 guests including Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Melanie Laurent, Ludivine Sagnier, Lou Doillon, Cecile Cassel, Audrey Marnay, Audrey Dana, Lou Lesage, Alexandra Golovanoff, Mademoiselle Agnes, Hafsia Herzi, Lulu Gainsbourg, Bambou, Michele Laroque, Aaron and BB Brunes.


Alexa Chung

British TV presenter and Model Alexa Chung played a live DJ set.


Anja Rubik


Cara Delevingne


Sophie Ellis-Bexter

“We are thrilled to be opening our new flagship store in Paris. This store brings the modern attitude and energy of Burberry to one of the most iconic streets in the world. It combines rich architectural heritage with the latest in-store technology. The event tonight with Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and The Feeling, was a very British evening in Paris.” said Christopher Bailey.


DJ Alexa



Marking their first live performance for Burberry, the event featured a live set by British band The Feeling, who recorded the soundtrack for the Burberry Body fragrance campaign.


The Feeling performing

Burberry has three additional stores in France – two in Paris (Boulevard Saint-Germain and Boulevard Malesherbes) and one in Cannes (Boulevard de la Croisette).


Lou Doillon and Lulu Gainsbourg

All pictured guests are wearing Burberry.


Audrey Marnay

Pictures are property of Burberry.

Who was the best-dressed guest?

Backstage at Salvatore Ferragamo S/S 12 & what I learned there

I was lucky enough to be granted backstage access at Ferragamo`s S/S 12 show. It was a truly exciting and crazy experience but it also was a lot different from what I expected it to be.


Zuzanna Bijoch & Izabel Goulart


Daga Ziober

Predjudice 1: 'The cameras are always on': TRUE. I expected that the photographers would be allowed in for about 5 minutes and then kicked out. But the photographers are already waiting backstage (watching the models getting dressed) and start shooting about 10 minutes before the show begins and leave right when its over (rushing on to the next show).


Daga Ziober, Jacquelyn Jablonski, Alana Zimmer


Zuzanna Bijoch, Alana Zimmer & Jacquelyn Jablonski

Predjudice 2: 'Backstage areas are big': FALSE. Judging by the backstage photos I had seen I had the idea that backstage areas were big. This one was small and packed with busy people.


Juju Ivanyuk & Alana Zimmer


Magdalena Frackowiak getting dressed...

Predjudice 3: 'Models make friends in the industry': (probably) FALSE. With all the time models spend waiting backstage and how (physically) close the (hair-)stylists are getting to them I assumed that models would somehow get to know these people (if only on the level of superficial smalltalk). But I only saw models talking to other models, completely ignoring all the people styling them.


...and strikes a pose.


Daga Ziober & Melodie Monrose

Predjudice 4: 'Models are arrogant': this predjudice is rubbish anyway. As with all other humans, some of them are nice and some are not so nice. That`s the way it is. I still noticed that the newcomers were more friendly & co-operative than the stars. (Wonder why Daga Ziober is in five pictures while I only got one blurry shot of Anja Rubik? ;)


Izabel Goulart



Predjudice 5: 'Models are young': TRUE. Ok, this is no news and we know this but I was stunned HOW young they actually look are when the make-up and styling is off! In pictures they look like 'young women' but they are actually young, teenage GIRLS. I`m a declared enemy of society`s obsession with youth and highly appreciate all things feminine and mature but I admit (without envy) that these girls are flawless & stunning! Also BECAUSE they are that young. It`s politically incorrect to admit but the 15-year-olds really "look better" than the 25-year-olds. You can`t really tell why but there is some kind of freshness about them.


Jasmine Tookes


Lindsay Lullman

Predjudice 6: 'Models always know how to strike a pose': TRUE. Oh yeah, they do and it makes them look fabulous & glamorous.


Karlie Kloss coming back in from the runway


Valerija Kelava & Karlie Kloss

Predjudice 7: 'Models have to multi-task': TRUE. I thought that models were first going to make-up, then having their hair done and then getting dressed (maybe in different order but certainly not all at once). FALSE. It`s amazing how many people are fixing different things on one model at once! It must be annoying but the models did bear it with professional patience.


Anabela Belikova & Jasmine Tookes


Gertrud Hegelund, Monika Sawicka & Magdalena Frackowiak

Predjudice 8: 'Models are mostly bra-less': TRUE. May it be streetsyle photos or runway, models are mostly seen without bra. Well, there are many reasons for that. Firstly, because they can :) They are young and skinny so everything is firm. Secondly because nothing is more beautiful than the natural breast. Bras (leave alone plastic surgery) are just a disturbance to nature`s perfect aesthetics.


Patricia van der Vliet, Melodie Monrose & Juju Ivanyuk


Monika Sawicka

Predjudice 9: 'Models have to adjust quickly': TRUE. I was amazed how cool and collected they posed for the photographers coming straight off the runway.


Arizona Muse


Supermodels Club: Anja Rubik, Daphne Groeneveld, Isabeli Fontana, Karmen Pedaru

Predjudice 10: 'Photographers are sensible artists': I have this 'romantic vision' that people who produce art have a special sensibility. Well, for the backstage- , show- and red carpet photographers it`s FALSE. There is lots of yelling, pushing and making inadequate comments to the models (like 'Let me know if I can help you with body make-up or something.' Picture a 45-year-old man saying that to an 17-year-old-girl! Gross!)


Lining up for the finale


Daria Strokus

My own pictures. Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

Which picture, model or outfit is your favourite?